Tire remover and replacer.



H. A. COVEY.

TIRE REMOVER AND REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1914.

Patented 'Feb. 8, 1916.

Attorneys adeira.

HARRY A. COVEY, 0F AKRON, OHIO,.ASSIG1\TOR OF ONE-HALZF TO FRANK C. EBERLY, 0F

AKRON, OHIO.

Tran REMOVER AND REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. e, lore.

Application filed December 3, 1914. Serial No. 875,313.

To all whom it may concern: K

Be it known that"I, HARRY A. Cover, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful -Tire Remover and Replacer, of which the following a specification.

, The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be emwhereby, from a single point of application,

the pressure may be applied to the holding ring of the tire at circumferentially spaced points.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of the rim-engaging fulcrum member and to improve the construction of the compression member, novel means being provided for maintaining these elements in operative positions.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction ofthe wheel-engaging thrust member and to provide novel means operatively connected with the thrust member, whereby a plurality of radiating levers may be actuated.

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the-description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 shows the invention in plan; Fig. 2 shows the invention in section, parts being in elevation, the line 22 on Fig. lindicating the plane on which Fig. 2 is taken.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates Y the hub of a wheel from which radiate spokes 2 supporting a rim 3 carrying a tire 4. One side of the tire 4 is held in place by an inner ring 5 and a locking ring 6. The construction embodying the rings 5 and 6 may be of various forms and is common and well known in the art.

In carrying out the present invention phere is provided a thrustv member 7 provided with a flange 8 adapted to engage the hub l, the flange 8 defining a compartment 9. Carried by the thrust member 7 are U- shaped resilient hub-engaging clips 10 which may be provided at their ends with approaching helical prings 11, the extremities 12 of which are connected with lugs 14 projecting from the thrust member 7. The

flange 8 of the thrust member 7 is adapted to be pressed against the end of the hub l and the clips 10 coact with the hub to hold the thrust member in place thereon.

The actuating element is in the form of a screw 15 and is provided with a crank 16. The screw 15 is reduced to form a neck 17 journaled in the thrust member 7 and at the inner end of the neck 17 is formed'a head 18 which, engaging the inner face of the thrust member 7, holds the screw 15 thereon rotatably, but against longitudinal displacement. It is in the compartment 9 that the head 18 is housed, as Fig. 2 Will clearly show.

- Threaded onto the screw 15 is a nut 19 in the form of a spider having radiating pairs of arms 20, the arms 20 of each pair being .provided adjacent their outer ends with a pivot element 21 forming a support for a lever 22. There may be any number of these levers 22, three being shown in the present instance, the levers 22 radiating from a central point defined by the axis of rotation of the screw 15. Adjacent their outer ends, the levers 22 are enlarged to form heads 23, in which slots 24: are formed. Projections 25 which may be pins are mounted'in the levers 22 and extend into or cross' the slots 24. At their outer ends, the head portions 23 of the levers 22 are bifurcated to form fingers 26 supporting pivot elements 27 upon which are mounted to swing compression members 28 in .the form form seats 29 adapted to engage the ring5.

The invention includes .a plurality of wheel-engaging fulcrum members 30, there being one fulcrum member 30 for each of the levers 22. The wheel-engaging members 30 are movable longitudinally in the slots 24 of the levers and may be held in adjusted positions by engaging the pro ections 25 of thelevers between certain of the teeth 31 formed on .the wheel-engaging members 30. At their. extremities, the wheel-engaging members 30 are equipped with hooks 32 adapted to engage with the rim 3 as Fig. 2 most clearly discloses.

Mounted on the levers 22 adjacent their outer ends are springs 33, the same being held in place by securing elements 34. One end 35 of each spring-33 bears against the edge of the corresponding wheel-engagmg fulcrum member 30 to hold the teeth 31 thereon engaging with the projection 25. The other end 36 of each spring 33 bears against the edge of the corresponding com- ,pression member 28' to maintain the same seated upon the ring 5. The ends 35 of the springs 33 coact wlth the wheel-engaging fulcrum members 30 to maintain the books 32 thereof engaged with the rim 3.

' By a proper manipulation of the screw 15,

the thrust member 7 will be pressed against the hub 1 and the nut 19 will be compelled to travel in the direction of the arrow A in Fig. 2. The wheel-engaging fulcrum members 30 will be drawn 1n the direction of the arrow B in Fig. 2, and, coacting with the rim 3 will form fulcrums upon which the levers 22 tilt, the outer ends of the levers 22 moving in the direction of the arrow C, and the compression members 28 being actuated accordingly, so as to move the ring 5 in the proper direction and permit a displacement of the tire 4: from the rim 3. Obviously, the structure may be employed for replacing a tire, as well as for removing one.

The wheel-engaging fulcrum members 30 may be moved longitudinally for adjustment and any of the teeth 31 therein may be engaged upon the projections 25 on the levers 22. After this adjustment has been effected, the teeth 31 will be held engaged with the projections 25 by the action of the ends 35 of the springs 33. As hereinbefore stated, the ends '36 of the springs 33 coact with the compression members 28 to' hold the same inproper relation with respect to the rim 3. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a wheel-engaging thrust member a screw'j ournaled therein; a nut adapted to traverse the screw a plurality of levers radiating from the nut and pivoted thereto at their inner ends; wheel-engaging ful'crums with which 7 the levers-are .movably connected intermediate their ends; and compression members at the outer ends of the levers.

2. In a device of the class described, a"

wheel-engaging thrust member; resilient wheel-gripping means carried by the thrust .member; a screw journaled in the thrust member; a nut adapted to traverse the screw; a plurality of levers radiating from the nut and pivoted thereto at their inner ends; wheel-engaging fulcrums with which I the levers are movably connected intermediate their ends and compression members at the outer ends of the levers.

3. In a device of the class described; a lever; a wheel-engaging fulcrum extended transversel of the lever; interengaging elements on t e lever and the fulcrum; spring means coacting with'the fulcrum to maintain said elements interengaged; a compression member at the outer end of the lever;

and wheel-engaging means operatively connected with the inner end of' the tilting the lever.

'4. n a device of the class described, a lever; a wheel-engaging fulcrum with which the lever is movably connected intermediate its ends; a compression member pivoted to the outer end of the lever; spring means on lever for the lever and engaged with the compression member forholding the latter in adjusted positions; and wheel-engaging means operatively connected with the inner end of the,

lever for actuating the lever.

5. In a device of theclass described, a

lever; a wheel-engaging fulcrum disposed transversely of the lever; interengaging ele ments on the fulcrum and on the lever; a compression member pivoted to the outer end of the lever; and a spring secured intermediate its ends to the lever, one end of the spring bearing against the fulcrum to hold.

the said elements interengaged, and the other end of the spring bearing upon the compression member to hold the same in adjusted positions; and wheel engaging means operatively connected with the inner end of the lever for actuating the'lever.

6. In a device of the class described, a

wheel-engaging thrust member; a .screw.

ful-v and spring means carried by the lever, the my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature spring means engaging the fulcrum memin the presence of two Witneses. her and compression member upon opposite HARRY A CUVEY sides of the lever, thereby to swing the cor- 5 responding ends of the fulcrum member and Witneses:

the compression member toward each other. W. W. STEVENSON,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as FRANK Gr. EBERLY. 

